Comments on: Report: Al Gore’s CurrentTV Offered $100 Million For Digg In 2006 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/ Startup and Technology News Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Is Digg Looking to Sell to the Guardian?  »TechAddress http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2407687 Is Digg Looking to Sell to the Guardian?  »TechAddress Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:32:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2407687 [...] Would the Guardian Media Group be a good home for Digg? Many blogs have discussed Google, CurrentTV, Yahoo, Microsoft and Fox as buyers. I haven’t seen anyone look across the pond for suitors. [...] [...] Would the Guardian Media Group be a good home for Digg? Many blogs have discussed Google, CurrentTV, Yahoo, Microsoft and Fox as buyers. I haven’t seen anyone look across the pond for suitors. [...]

]]> By: Technology and Design Development http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2400323 Technology and Design Development Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:49:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2400323 [...] [v] “Report: Al Gore’s CurrentTV Offered $100 Million For Digg In 2006″, Michael Arrington, May 2008, http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/ [...] [...] [v] “Report: Al Gore’s CurrentTV Offered $100 Million For Digg In 2006″, Michael Arrington, May 2008, http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....g-in-2006/ [...]

]]> By: floort http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2301884 floort Fri, 16 May 2008 20:58:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2301884 This is nuts. There is nothing of value at Digg except the names of a few million people. They shun original content and blacklist you if you post links to your own ideas or blogs. It is simply a convenience tool for accmlumating news stories and stealing comment traffic, which should go to the original publisher! This is nuts. There is nothing of value at Digg except the names of a few million people. They shun original content and blacklist you if you post links to your own ideas or blogs. It is simply a convenience tool for accmlumating news stories and stealing comment traffic, which should go to the original publisher!

]]> By: hendrawan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2300989 hendrawan Fri, 16 May 2008 13:42:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2300989 now this is interesting :D now this is interesting :D

]]> By: Sanibel Photographer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2299248 Sanibel Photographer Thu, 15 May 2008 18:06:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2299248 Didn't Gore invent Digg, the Internet and modern day photography? Didn’t Gore invent Digg, the Internet and modern day photography?

]]> By: The Daily Loper - May 14, 2008 | Medialoper http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297609 The Daily Loper - May 14, 2008 | Medialoper Thu, 15 May 2008 02:07:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297609 [...] Report: Al Gore?s CurrentTV Offered 100 Million For Digg In 2006Obviously it didn’t succeed. [...] [...] Report: Al Gore?s CurrentTV Offered 100 Million For Digg In 2006Obviously it didn’t succeed. [...]

]]> By: Erin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297129 Erin Wed, 14 May 2008 22:17:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297129 Gore could have just said he invented it and then accused Digg of not giving him his rightful ownership.... must be because of global warming. Gore could have just said he invented it and then accused Digg of not giving him his rightful ownership…. must be because of global warming.

]]> By: Report: Digg walked away from $100 million offer from Al Gore | Blogging http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297111 Report: Digg walked away from $100 million offer from Al Gore | Blogging Wed, 14 May 2008 22:10:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297111 [...] Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0, which hits bookstores on Thursday. In an excerpt posted to TechCrunch, Lacy writes about how executives Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose turned down a $100 million offer from [...] [...] Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0, which hits bookstores on Thursday. In an excerpt posted to TechCrunch, Lacy writes about how executives Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose turned down a $100 million offer from [...]

]]> By: Harry Nads http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297051 Harry Nads Wed, 14 May 2008 21:39:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297051 I'm glad Kevin didn't sell out to a left leaning commie. I’m glad Kevin didn’t sell out to a left leaning commie.

]]> By: media that motivates http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297021 media that motivates Wed, 14 May 2008 21:21:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297021 great story. i already ordered the book and really looking forward to reading it. i actually think digg is worth way more than 200m. great story. i already ordered the book and really looking forward to reading it. i actually think digg is worth way more than 200m.

]]> By: Jeff Majka http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297009 Jeff Majka Wed, 14 May 2008 21:10:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2297009 Awesome story! Too funny... Awesome story! Too funny…

]]> By: yutai http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296981 yutai Wed, 14 May 2008 20:55:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296981 And instead of digg.com, Current went and build their own version. Check out current.com now. It has arguably better User Interface, allowing their users to submit stories, comment on them with text, links, or video. The stories that gets voted up, appears on their hourly CurrentNews on the TV network. All pretty sweet, with the problem of not having enough liquidity yet to make system work as intended, which is why, of course, they would be willing to drop $100mm large on digg to begin with. And instead of digg.com, Current went and build their own version. Check out current.com now. It has arguably better User Interface, allowing their users to submit stories, comment on them with text, links, or video.

The stories that gets voted up, appears on their hourly CurrentNews on the TV network.

All pretty sweet, with the problem of not having enough liquidity yet to make system work as intended, which is why, of course, they would be willing to drop $100mm large on digg to begin with.

]]> By: Wuyi http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296965 Wuyi Wed, 14 May 2008 20:47:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296965 $100 million for digg in 2006... It would definitely be a tough decision to say no to that kind of money! They may or may not be able to get $200 million today, I guess only time will tell. $100 million for digg in 2006… It would definitely be a tough decision to say no to that kind of money!

They may or may not be able to get $200 million today, I guess only time will tell.

]]> By: SarahJ http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296823 SarahJ Wed, 14 May 2008 19:27:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296823 If any of you looked at Current's IPO filing, you would understand that there is no way much of the offer was in cash. they have tens of Millions in debt. So the question is - how much at that time was 100M out of Current, and what is the future of Current? If any of you looked at Current’s IPO filing, you would understand that there is no way much of the offer was in cash. they have tens of Millions in debt.
So the question is - how much at that time was 100M out of Current, and what is the future of Current?

]]> By: Jimmy Daniels http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296807 Jimmy Daniels Wed, 14 May 2008 19:15:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296807 Interesting comment on the book on amazon, http://www.amazon.com/DRECK-ALERT/forum/Fx2K2XVGIQTLIEK/Tx5034GL18PDWW/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_tft_tp?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=1592403824&store=books Interesting comment on the book on amazon, http://www.amazon.com/DRECK-AL.....tore=books

]]> By: randy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296761 randy Wed, 14 May 2008 18:36:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296761 $200 MILLION DOLLARS!!! ? OMG, that's a million dollars for each of the 200 left-wing, BUSH-bashing, OBAMA-crazy wacko trolls who actually succeed in getting their stories homepaged these days! GIVE me a break! So why didn't DIGG take the cash? Here's the truth: AL GORE's plan for digg.com is to just dump the voting and redirect the domain to "dailykos,com". 70% of the stories on Digg already link there and "huffingtonpost,com" anyway. $200 MILLION DOLLARS!!! ?

OMG, that’s a million dollars for each of the 200 left-wing, BUSH-bashing, OBAMA-crazy wacko trolls who actually succeed in getting their stories homepaged these days!

GIVE me a
break!

So why didn’t DIGG take the cash? Here’s the truth:

AL GORE’s plan for digg.com is to just dump the voting and redirect the domain to “dailykos,com”. 70% of the stories on Digg already link there and “huffingtonpost,com” anyway.

]]> By: silicon valley dropout http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296730 silicon valley dropout Wed, 14 May 2008 18:07:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296730 those guys are idiots to turn down 100 million digg is a fad site and can easyily be replace either by another site or tech bubble those guys are idiots to turn down 100 million

digg is a fad site and can easyily be replace either by another site or tech bubble

]]> By: Damien D. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296449 Damien D. Wed, 14 May 2008 14:57:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296449 I love current.tv Back when I had satellite it was a station I could always turn to if I wanted something good to watch at all times. I like it a bit more now that I know Al Gore owns it. I love current.tv
Back when I had satellite it was a station I could always turn to if I wanted something good to watch at all times.

I like it a bit more now that I know Al Gore owns it.

]]> By: techcrunchreader http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296399 techcrunchreader Wed, 14 May 2008 14:23:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296399 Digg over the years. <b>2006</b>, with 1.3M users, they got a $100M offer. Competitors: barely none. <b>2008</b>, with 13.3M users, they <b>can't</b> get $200M. Competitors: Yahoo Buzz. MSN reporter. Propeller. <b>2010</b>, with XX.XM users, they are expecting to get what? Competitors: Yahoo Buzz. MSN reporter. Propeller. Google? Others... See the trend... (I voluntarily omitted Reddit) Digg over the years.

2006, with 1.3M users, they got a $100M offer.
Competitors: barely none.

2008, with 13.3M users, they can’t get $200M.
Competitors: Yahoo Buzz. MSN reporter. Propeller.

2010, with XX.XM users, they are expecting to get what?
Competitors: Yahoo Buzz. MSN reporter. Propeller. Google? Others…

See the trend…

(I voluntarily omitted Reddit)

]]> By: Benjamin Reece http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296359 Benjamin Reece Wed, 14 May 2008 14:04:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296359 Um- does anyone remember her SXSW Zuckerberg fiasco? I hope she is a better writer than she is as moderator. http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/sxsw-mark-zucke.html Um- does anyone remember her SXSW Zuckerberg fiasco? I hope she is a better writer than she is as moderator.

http://blog.wired.com/underwir.....zucke.html

]]> By: Josiah http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296285 Josiah Wed, 14 May 2008 13:30:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296285 Amazon affiliate link ... classy Where's Ted Murphy when you need him? Amazon affiliate link … classy

Where’s Ted Murphy when you need him?

]]> By: kai http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296226 kai Wed, 14 May 2008 13:07:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296226 Lacy has a book coming out? Lacy has a book coming out?

]]> By: Soren G http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296223 Soren G Wed, 14 May 2008 13:07:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296223 Yawn. Yawn.

]]> By: Your Uncle Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296191 Your Uncle Bob Wed, 14 May 2008 12:55:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296191 Yeah, that would have been a good match. All the Dig wack-job leftists and Gore could have circle jerked each other. It would indeed have been a love fest. Yeah, that would have been a good match. All the Dig wack-job leftists and Gore could have circle jerked each other. It would indeed have been a love fest.

]]> By: Erick http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296137 Erick Wed, 14 May 2008 12:35:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/14/report-al-gores-currenttv-offered-100-million-for-digg-in-2006/#comment-2296137 Digg & Gore Perfect match. Digg, filled with Che Guevara leftists and Gore, filled with a steaming pile of convenient "truth". Digg & Gore

Perfect match. Digg, filled with Che Guevara leftists and Gore, filled with a steaming pile of convenient “truth”.

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